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Introduction 9 // 1 Objectives 13 // 2 Theoretical background 15 // 2.1 Definitions and delimitation of terms 15 // 2.3 Challenges of landscape change studies 18 // 2.4 Drivers of landscape transformations 20 // 2.5 Types of driving forces 20 // 2.6 Characteristics of driving forces 21 // 2.7 Landscape change driving forces: the theory and rationale 22 // 2.8 Landscape transitions and driving forces: quantification of the relationships 22 // 2.9 Land use change models’ validation: justification and critiques 24 // 3 Applications of some/selected GIS software in the study of landscape transitions: an overview 27 // 3.1 ArcGIS 27 // 3.2 Idrisi GIS 28 // 3.3 ERDAS-Imagine 28 // 3.4 Manifold GIS 29 // 3.5 Maplnfo 30 // 3.6 ILWIS GIS 31 // 4 Spatio-temporal analyses in GIS 33 // 4.1 Analysis 33 // 4.2 Modelling 33 // 4-3 Prediction 34 // 4.4 Classification of models 34 // 4.5 Space-time analysis in GIS: theory and rationale 36 // 4.6 Overview of selected studies on spatio-temporal analysis in GIS 37 // 4.7 Methods for analyzing past landscape changes 39 // 5 Methods of Landscape Change Prediction 41 // 5.1 Regressions models 41 // 5.2 Markov chain (MC) 43 // 5.3 Cellular automata (CA) 44 // 5.4 The CA-MC models 44 // 5.5 Land Change Modeler (LCM) 44 // 5.6 Agent-based modeling (ABM) 45 // 5.7 The CLUE model 45 // 5.8 Scenarios for InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Environmental Services and Tradeoffs) 4b // 6 Case Studies 53 // 6.1 Landscape changes in a rapid growing urban hub (in Onitsha, south-east Nigeria) 53 // 6.2 Landscape changes caused by natural hazard: a consequent of altered land use in Jos, Nigeria 70 // 6.3 Landscape changes vs biodiversity (Nigeria) 84 // 6.4 Discussion 98 // 6.5 Landscape changes in Drevnice River Basin, // Southeast Moravia (Czech Republic) 104 // 7 Discussion // 8 Conclusion and main achievements 119 // References 125 // Appendices 159

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